There were many cameras in the kindergarten. They were all high-definition, no-blind-spot cameras provided by the system.
A video clip was posted online by someone. And a previous video clip had also been edited and posted online, causing a huge uproar instantly.
"I've seen partiality, but never this much partiality."
"If you hate this child so much, why did you give birth to them in the first place? Is that fair to the child?"
"Seeing this made me cry. I was also a child who was never favored when young."
"They can heal themselves when they grow up, but a child really has no way to cope with this."
"She really needs a lifetime to heal from this. Why would a birth mother be so cruel?"
"The poster above, you said she's the birth mother - I thought she was a stepmother."
Others commented all sorts of things.
All were cursing the cruel birth mother.
The child's birth mother could also see the video, and left a comment below saying she would sue them for invading her privacy.
But she was swarmed by the furious netizens and her account was deactivated.
Still unsatisfied, she secretly registered many small accounts. Whenever anyone praised how cute Mu Zhixing was, someone would make sarcastic remarks: "Hmph, she's been a little slut since young, she'll only get worse as she grows up."
"What a little bitch."
The kindergarten live streams were meant for people to watch the children and find healing. There were also streams from the kindergarten cafeteria.
Everyone was quite harmonious, until suddenly someone showed such malice towards the little children, instantly angering everyone.
"We just love watching, if you don't like it then get lost."
"How can you say such things about little kids who are only a few years old? I can't even imagine how miserable your own life must have been."
"Can't people like this just go die?"
Others found that the abusive accounts were newly registered, and their IP addresses matched the birth mother's previous account.
Even those who dug up the information could hardly believe it.
"Shattered my worldview - the abusive comments were actually made by the child's birth mother."
"Oh my god, this goes beyond the limits of what I can imagine. I really want to buy a train ticket and go settle things with this old hag in person."
The online commotion was heating up.
People in the residential community soon found out.
Someone spoke up: "This child's mother and father have a poor relationship. They previously made a huge fuss over custody of the child. Apparently the child has always been bullied while with the birth mother."
"The birth mother takes out her dissatisfaction with the child's father on the child instead. The stepfather treats the child better."
"Oh my god, the birth mother is worse than the stepfather - this is just unacceptable."
"It's a good thing there's this stepfather."
"Yes, the stepfather is very good. Presentable and polite on a daily basis."
Soon the public anger towards the birth mother shifted to praising this stepfather instead.
Shen Wei was also closely monitoring the development of this incident.
Once she realized it had taken this turn, she knew there must be the stepfather's hand in this.
Trampling on his wife to elevate himself, this was truly a "good man of the new era"!
He was originally good at putting on a front, and now this incident had further gilded his image.
If Shen Wei hadn't intervened, he would have committed an atrocity against the child half a month later.
Although it was just an attempt and didn't succeed, the fact that he had such intentions means he could harm other little friends as well.
After all, in many child-related incidents, the perpetrator was someone close by.
This kind of scum could not be allowed to take on the guise of a good man. The public must know his true face.
So Shen Wei bought a hacking code suite from the system store. After extracting the information, it would automatically erase any traces. She also bought some untraceable small accounts, using a total of 1000 points.
All relevant information would be fed back to her.
What she saw was truly shocking - this scumbag even had a forum full of people like him who were deviants.
Shen Wei immediately compiled this information and anonymously sent it to major online influencers.
The online influencers first reported it to the police. To avoid spooking the culprit, they waited for the police to track down the website and server before exposing the matter.
Public opinion was in an uproar.
Children are tender flowers that need to be carefully nurtured.
Yet there were degenerates stretching their demonic hands towards these flowers of the nation.
His computer contained a large quantity of videos, pictures, and even chats where the implication was that in half a month's time, the deed would be done - the implication was clear.
Everyone was deeply shaken, for if such an incident really occurred, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The situation escalated too quickly - the child's stepfather hadn't realized what was happening yet.
Suddenly, his colleagues started looking at him strangely.
Some who were close to him sent him a link. When he clicked it, he went numb. It was all his private "videos" and chat logs.
Such things spread extremely quickly. Within five minutes, it had been forwarded over 20,000 times.
The stepfather didn't even request leave - a sense of panic overcame him. He hurried home.
But the police were already waiting at home. His computer had already been cracked by the technicians.
Soon after, he was taken to the police station.
His hands were even cuffed.
His daughter cried out, his wife said "He's been wronged!"
But it was no use.
After they took him away, a neighbor aunty came knocking, saying: "It's a good thing Mu Zhixing left. Otherwise, how dreadful that would have been. You should divorce him quickly."
This kind of person, his outward demeanor was so upright, but inside he harbored unspeakable thoughts.
"He's not that kind of person, those were just jokes!" Mu Zhixing's birth mother said.
The aunty frowned: "Who that's a good person would look at those things? They've crossed the moral bottom line."
"This is a family matter, you don't need to butt in!" She then pushed the aunty away.
The community group chats exploded, nobody wanted to live with such a person anymore.
They forced them to move away.
Some even threatened that if they didn't move, they would use all sorts of means to drive them out.
There were families with children in the community. What if this deviant set his sights on them? The thought was suffocating.
The more people pressured Mu Zhixing's birth mother, the stronger her emotions became: "Since nothing happened to Mu Zhixing, you're all just nosy busybodies." She stood by him through this critical time. She gave herself goosebumps.
Especially in the live stream chat rooms that got wind of this drama.
Whenever they saw Mu Zhixing, their hearts were filled with pity: "Thank you so much for Shen Wei bringing her to Starry Sky Kindergarten!"
Everyone knew how high quality the teaching was at Starry Sky Kindergarten.
Teacher Tang was so caring.
The child had never enjoyed a good life before, but coming here was like adding sweetness to her life.
Everyone wanted to donate money and support Mu Zhixing. Some even wanted to sponsor her.
But Shen Wei said there was no need.
However, public opinion was strong: "Please, let us donate! We just want to do something for her, otherwise it's too heartbreaking for this child."
"Let her know that she is loved, and the aunties online adore her."
Seeing these comments, Shen Wei said, "Then you can send her some art supplies."
As soon as she said that, within a week, the kindergarten received over a thousand packages containing watercolor pens, crayons, markers, and all sorts of art supplies.
All the online fuss did not affect Mu Zhixing at all.
What Mu Zhixing enjoyed the most was watching Teacher Qi Zhong paint.
After observing for a while, she tried to draw with a pen herself.
When Teacher Qi Zhong finished painting, he noticed that this time Mu Zhixing was watching him paint.
He didn't disturb her, and quietly moved behind the little child.
When he saw the painting, he was stunned. Mu Zhixing had painted a very blue underwater world, with shells, pearls, and fish-shaped musical instruments.
The different shades of blue, deep and light, were intoxicating.
The colors were harmonious and unified, like a fairy tale kingdom.
He really liked this painting, with a child's boundless imagination and the beautiful clash of colors.
In the end, he took Mu Zhixing's painting.
After framing it, he sent it to his friend's art exhibition, and this painting was named "Star."
The colors of this painting were truly harmonious.
The main color was a highly saturated Klein blue.
It was so beautiful that anyone entering the exhibition would be attracted by the bold use of color.
Although it wasn't painted by a famous artist and was just on loan for the exhibition,
it was the painting that held people's attention the longest, and some even tried to copy it on the spot.
Everyone in the art circle was asking about this work.
Others even wanted to borrow it for their exhibitions.
Soon, Qi Zhong's former teacher, who was a respected artist in the circle, contacted him: "That 'Star' painting, was it sent by you?"
He was the one who had supported Qi Zhong when he had run into trouble before.
But the impact was too bad, and the art world could not accept him anymore.
Although Qi Zhong had withdrawn from the circle in recent years, the teacher-student bond between them had continued.
Seeing his former protégé fall so low, the old artist's heart was pained.
Now, looking at this childlike painting again, he truly felt moved.
The greater the master, the more they tend to return to simplicity in their later years, just like Picasso. The paintings he made as a teenager were simply genius, but the more abstract his later works became.
The use of color in this "Star" painting was just comfortable.
Everyone had their own interpretation, which is the hallmark of an outstanding work of art.
Qi Zhong said, "This was painted by a child, only six years old."
"Ah?" The old artist was also shocked. There were many artistic prodigies, but for a six-year-old child to create something like this was truly astonishing.
There was one thing that had been bothering Qi Zhong, keeping him up at night recently.
"How do you nurture a prodigy?" he asked his mentor.
The old artist said, "Weren't you a prodigy yourself? Just let her follow the path you walked before! This child has a sense of aesthetics, and her future achievements will surely surpass yours and mine."
Qi Zhong fell silent.
Currently, there were two ways to nurture a prodigy. One was to start from the basics, but this could easily dampen the child's interest and stifle the boundless imagination in her ideas.
But this foundation was necessary; without it, one couldn't go far in the future.
The other way was to let her freely express herself, which was more likely to bring quick fame.
But fame gained quickly would also dissipate quickly.
In the end, what mattered was depth.
He was truly torn. Mu Zhixing was like an uncut jade.
Every stroke he made would impact the overall result, and he dared not take the risk.
So he specifically sought his mentor's advice.
The teacher said, "She still needs to start from the basics."
"But..."
For her future development, the child must learn, and learn it extremely well.
Regardless of Da Vinci or Picasso, they all had exceptionally solid foundations.
"To unleash boundless imagination, one needs sufficient basic skills to support that imagination." So: "Go ahead and do it," the old artist said.
"..."
